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" enough to hold five is placed on this floor. The middle stall 

 " will receive two horses to stand abreast ; and being placed 

 " opposite to the door six feet wide, will readily admit a span in 

 " harness, for temporary feeding, which is often a great conve-? 

 " nience. A narrow passage from this stall admits the attendant to 

 " the barn floor. A trap-door at A allows the cleanings of the 

 " stable to pass at once to the manure heap below. 



" These stalls are represented as only four feet wide. Five 

 " feet would probably be better, making but one narrow stall on 

 " each side the wide one, and allowing room for four horses in all. 

 " A door under the girth, at E, allows straw and roots to be dis- 

 " charged into the root cellar below — the roots being first depos- 

 " ited there, and then a few feet of straw upon them, protects 

 " from freezing." 



*' The Granary^ 8 by 13 feet, contains three bins which have 

 " a part of the front boards movable or sliding, so that when all 

 "are in their place, they may be filled six feet high. They will 

 "hold, in all, about 350 bushels. The contents of each bin may 

 " be readily determined by me-asuring and multiplying the length, 

 *' breadth, and depth, and dividing the number of cubic feet thus 

 *' obtained by 56, and multiplying by 45. The result will be 

 " bushels. It will, therefore, be most convenient to make each 

 " bin even feet. A scale should be marked inside, showing the 

 " number of bushels at any height. Bags may be marked in the 

 " same way, after trial, with considerable accuracy, and save 

 *' much trouble in measuring, for many purposes, but not for 

 " buying and selling. A short tube, with a slide to shut it, may 

 " pass downward from one or more of these bins, so that bags 

 " placed in a wagon in the shed below, may be easily and rapidly 

 " filled. 



" A bay for unthrashed grain occupies all the space over the 

 " horse stable, tool room, and granary ; and movable poles or 

 *' platform over each end of the floor also admit a considerable 

 " quantity besides. 



" The basement^ (Fig. 18.) This needs but little explanation, 

 " The cows are fed from the passage in front of them, into which 



